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Community Controlled Forests Have Benefits

Posted: November 21, 2024

A community controlled forest in Mexico is benefiting both humans and the land. The town of Ixtlán de Juárez controls the surrounding forest. It is located in the southern part of the country, about 40 miles north of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca. Oaxaca is the second poorest state in Mexico. “About 10

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In Wisconsin, Menominee Indians Wisely Husband Trees

By Margaret Cheasebro

Posted: August 23, 2023

Nearly a quarter of a million acres of trees cover most of the Menominee Indian Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Because of wise lumber harvesting practices, the forest contains more trees and healthier trees than it did a century and a half ago. That’s quite an accomplishment, because 93 percent of the 235,000-acre Menominee reservation is

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